title: Flow diagrams for the diagnosis of acid-base disorders.
abstract: This article discusses flow diagrams and tables intended to provide a systematic approach to the rapid laboratory differential diagnosis of acid-base disorders in the emergency department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fulop
mesh_terms: D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D000208:Acute Disease; D000471:Alkalosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans